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Anatole France

Anatole France

French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921)

Lived from: 1844 - 1924

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 16 april 1844 Died: 12 october 1924

  • One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.
  • There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
  • When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
  • Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.
  • Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.
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  • Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
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  • It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
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  • The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
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